Tobacco suit puts stringent smoking ordinances into question

 


KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Fifteen municipalities in the Kansas City, Kansas metro area have passed ordinances restricting tobacco sales to people 21 and older.

But a recent ruling in Shawnee County is calling into question whether such ordinances are legal.

A tobacco retailer won its case last month against Topeka's Tobacco 21 ordinance, The Kansas City Star reported . The shop's lawsuit argued that the city's ordinance violated state law because the tobacco licenses the Kansas issues to retailers allow them to sell to people 18 and up.

But supporters of the ordinance argued that state law...



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